What is 'tates?
1.
a male homosexual; can be used as a code word so that the homosexual in discussion doesn't know you are talking about him if he overhears the conversation.
origin.
same as
"Who the hell is this guy with the goatee on Jay Leno?"
"Oh, it's that 'tates from 'Queer As Fuck' . "
"Tsk. Fucking
este ."